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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 3h

Just voted YES on PROP 50!! Make sure to vote early! THIS IS WHAT DEMOCRACY LOOKS LIKE!

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Dana Houle @danahoule.bsky.social · 7h

At least 5 of the Democrats running for that Congressional seat—including a school board member, a mayor, & 2 state senators—have been on the neighborhood streets doing rapid response, and/or have been assaulted by ICE at Broadview

Uninformed cynicism is a toxin. Please don’t spread it.

Molly Knight @mollyknight.bsky.social · 10h

If you are buying silly costumes and whistles to help stop our country from sliding into fascism: congratulations on doing more than our elected Democratic congresspeople!

Molly Knight @mollyknight.bsky.social · 10h

Whistling when ICE is about to kidnap someone for no reason is incredibly effective. They know what they are doing is wrong and will scatter in the wind when too many witnesses gather.

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Meredith Shiner @meredithshiner.com · 1h

It’s impossible to overstate how much “abolish ice” is the normie position now here in chicago — just countless random moms at toddler soccer on a park district field asking me where I bought my anti-ice t-shirt. average people don’t like our neighborhoods being terrorized.

laura olin @lauraolin.bsky.social · 7h

A friend ran the Chicago marathon today and said he couldn’t count the number of FUCK ICE signs along the way.

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herostratus356.bsky.social @herostratus356.bsky.social · 27m

Fuck you forever.

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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 44m

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herostratus356.bsky.social @herostratus356.bsky.social · 30m

This fucking pisses me off. Not because I oppose it but because I'm old enough to remember when the left demonized Kamala Harris for being a District Attorney, which they said was basically a cop.

I guess Not All Cops Are Bastards anymore, huh?

mady castigan✨ 🏳️‍⚧️ @madycast.com · 1d

Mamdani promises to deploy *hundreds* if lawyers to fight for trans rights, create a new office of LGBTQ affairs, and allocate millions of dollars to fund housing and healthcare for trans kids and adults

This is what fighting back looks like--elevating activists to materually support trans people.

Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 1d

UNTIL IT’S DONE, Ep. 4: Sylvia Rivera

In the 1970s, queer New Yorkers had been pushed to the margins of NYC. Our trans neighbors faced immense cruelty. But in Sylvia Rivera, they found a champion.

As we combat Trump’s politics of darkness, her legacy can light the path forward.

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A.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 11h

I wrote about a new Nazi party that seeks to criminalize all human virtue, and how that means that human virtue is the greatest weapon against the new Nazi project.

www.the-reframe.com/the-crime-of...

The Crime of Human Virtue

Sometimes it really is as simple as good vs. evil. This is one of those times. Human virtue is our great crime against the fascist project; it's also our great weapon against it.

www.the-reframe.com

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Graham Platner for Senate @grahamformaine.bsky.social · 11h

We have armed secret police kidnapping people off the street based on the color of their skin.

When we win: we will haul them before a Senate committee. The masks will come off. There will be consequences.

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Lurks-no-More @lurks-no-more.bsky.social · 22h

I'm baffled by the number of people who seem *offended* by the idea that yes, you really have to keep on voting, in every election, forever.

That's what living in a democracy means! It's never done, you can't just sit back and ignore politics forever.

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‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ 🐱 Dr Pokemon, UMD 💿 @turnerjoy.bsky.social · 22h

But why didn’t Biden or Obama just fix everything for all time?

Stop making excuses

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Hipper Reed 🔞🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @hipperreed.bsky.social · 11h

"When will the Democrats learn their lesson?"

When will the voters?

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Tron's evil twin brother Troff @tonygoldmark.bsky.social · 20h

It's like whining "I just ate a sandwich last week! Suddenly I have to eat MORE food to keep from starving to death? The system is broken."

Lurks-no-More @lurks-no-more.bsky.social · 22h

I'm baffled by the number of people who seem *offended* by the idea that yes, you really have to keep on voting, in every election, forever.

That's what living in a democracy means! It's never done, you can't just sit back and ignore politics forever.

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Drewcifer DIEtsch 🎃 @drewdietsch.bsky.social · 10h

It's 1982. Disney hopes TRON will be a huge hit and a franchise kickoff. It flops.

It's 2010. Disney hopes TRON: LEGACY will be a huge hit and a franchise kickoff. It flops.

It's 2025. Disney hopes TRON: ARES will be a huge hit and a franchise kickoff. It flops.

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Gojira007 @gojira007.bsky.social · 2d

"If at first you don't suceeed, Tron, Tron again."

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herostratus356.bsky.social @herostratus356.bsky.social · 11h

Dr Manhattan doesn't say "Nothing lasts forever." He says "Nothing ever ends."

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50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · 11h

This is how you’re supposed to treat fascists and their lies.

Media pay attention.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 12h

STEPHANOPOULOS: I didn't insinuate anything. I asked you whether Tom Homan accepted $50k as was heard on an audio tape recorded by the FBI in September 2024. You did not answer the question. Thank you for your time.

VANCE: No, George, I sai--

STEPHANOPOULOS: We'll be right back

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herostratus356.bsky.social @herostratus356.bsky.social · 11h

One problem with the far left is that they're simultaneously cynical enough to know that no politician is the Messiah but still naive enough to measure every politician by that standard.

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EASTMAN @eastman9125.bsky.social · 1d

Evangelicals demand that everyone respect their religious beliefs, but, of course, they refuse to give those who disagree with them the same consideration.

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herostratus356.bsky.social @herostratus356.bsky.social · 11h

No it didn't make a meaningful difference. That's not the point.

No one politician makes a meaningful difference nor should they be expected to.

Meaningful differences are the cumulative effects of decades of small differences.

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herostratus356.bsky.social @herostratus356.bsky.social · 11h

MLK didn't distance himself from Bayard Rustin to avoid homophobic rumors? He didn't work with LBJ, who was fighting a war he strongly disagreed with? He wasn't a centrist on Israel/Palestine?

Both left and right misuse him, quoting him out of context to hide the complicated man underneath.

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herostratus356.bsky.social @herostratus356.bsky.social · 11h

No successful civil rights movement has ever fought for every minority's rights at the same time. Even Martin Luther King threw some people under the bus.

People change slowly. Human nature is something you have to deal with no matter what political strategy you favor.

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herostratus356.bsky.social @herostratus356.bsky.social · 12h

"I want Democrats to have better messaging but I'm not going to give them the money they need to get better messaging."

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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 2d

This is so, so, so f'ing true.

elias isquith @eliasisquith.blog · 2d

rightist plutocrats are doing politics. liberal plutocrats are doing charity. it’s an entirely different mindset.

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herostratus356.bsky.social @herostratus356.bsky.social · 12h

No, it makes it better than the old policy.

You're not going to just snap your fingers and get a utopia.

The left loves the abstract idea of organizing but hates its realities. They hate the compromising inherent to getting many people to work together.

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herostratus356.bsky.social @herostratus356.bsky.social · 12h

No, it wasn't a plan. It was a result.

Democrats are not perfect but they generally move in the right direction while Republicans do not.

If you want a large, successful movement, you work with imperfect people.

If you want a small, exclusive clique then have as many purity tests as you want.

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